A Seward spokesman, Jeff Bishop, said 75 percent of the cuts are due to the new plant, and the rest is due to market conditions.

“Ilion will remain the home to over 1,300 Remington Arm’s employees. The underlying story though is the reasons why the company is expanding in Alabama and not here at home,” Seward said in a statement in February. “Clearly, the SAFE-Act played a role, hindering efforts to bring this expansion to New York.”

Several gun companies have left New York since the law was passed, and they blamed the law as the primary reason. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has defended the law, saying it's made New York safer after the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., in 2012.